Sentences with phrase «smart agriculture practices»

It was designed to provide adequate and effective training on climate change issues to agricultural extension workers, so that they acquire the expertise to impart climate - smart agriculture practices to rural farmers and build resilience to climate change.

«We can help cities grow clean and climate resilient, develop climate smart agriculture practices, and find innovative ways to improve both energy efficiency and the performance of renewable energies.

The company is donating food to people in need, while at the same time supporting 500,000 farmers with Climate Smart Agriculture practices and committing to 45,000 employee volunteer days.

We're committed to helping farmers adopt climate - smart agriculture practices, halt deforestation, and reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

On farms where climate - smart agriculture practices are used, the soil is treated almost as if it were a crop.

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Climate - smart agriculture promotes a number of water conservation practices, such as planting a buffer of trees and bushes along streams and rivers to prevent erosion and contamination from crop runoff.

For smallholder cocoa producers in Ghana, climate - smart agriculture (CSA) practices like these increase on - farm carbon storage and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Nevertheless, American farmers, ranchers and foresters have begun to adopt practices that could cut pollution, or so says a progress report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture on the «Building Blocks for Climate - Smart Agriculture and Forestry.»

Setting Priorities: The transition to «climate smart» land management practices, including for example low - emissions agriculture, agroforestry and the restoration of high carbon - value ecosystems, such as forests and peatlands, will require sectoral coordination and investments in integrated land use planning.

That different path includes minimizing further forest conversions, rehabilitating large - scale degraded eco-systems (the Loess Plateau story is a great example), climate smart agriculture with sustainable land, nutrient, water and carbon management practices, etc..

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The paper notes that, while the adoption rate of these practices is higher in Malawi and Zambia than in other countries, it is lower than would be expected considering the potential benefits and the investment made by governments and donors in promoting these climate - smart agriculture activities.

Working with a broad coalition, we're looking for ways to make «climate - smart agriculture» practices less risky for cocoa farmers by increasing their access to credit and developing specialized insurance products.

Their work draws upon active research on the practices that can simultaneously sequester carbon, raise yields, and enhance agricultural resilience — some of which is occurring at the 15 research centers of the CGIAR network, through the Global Alliance on Climate - Smart Agriculture, and at dozens of academic institutions around the world.

Thia analytical report discusses key characteristics of four climate - smart agriculture (CSA) practices related to sustainable land management.

Considering that some 40 percent of the earth's surface is used for food production, and that there are some 400 million small farmers worldwide, it becomes clear that climate - smart agriculture, practiced broadly, could play a significant role in reducing carbon emissions.